Richard J. Norman, BA (Cantab), PhD (London), is a British academic,

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and humanist. He is currently

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Professor of

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at the University of Kent, and a patron of

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Life

Norman formerly taught philosophy at the University of Kent, where his areas of interest were mainly

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and political philosophy, including both theoretical and practical ethics. British Humanist Association: Professor Richard Norman
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Works

His published works include: * ''The Moral Philosophers'' (1983) * ''Free and Equal'' (1987) * ''Ethics, Killing and War'' (1995) * ''On Humanism'' (2004, 2012) * ''Religion and Atheism'' (2017, Editor)

References

External links

''Beyond belief'': article by Richard Norman
in the '' New Humanist'', November 2009
''Can There be a Just War?''
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